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October 2010

October 22, 2010

But now that gives me a chance to lead you to where I found it: www.covetgarden.com. There are lots of new online magazines; this is a small one, featuring just one home per issue. I have enjoyed both issues...and I still think this picture of a baby nursery is one of the best ever.

I made pom poms for a friend's baby shower, and now I am teeny bit obsessed. What else can I decorate with pom poms? Are they right for Thanksgiving? In the kitchen? How many different colors of tissue paper can I find? Can I get the third graders to make them assembly-line style?

Here are the ones I made for the shower. We secured them around the napkins at each place setting. Cute, huh? (That's truffle-parmesan popcorn in the pic. Da bomb.)

All of these (I think...bad blogger) are from Martha Stewart. There are direction on how to make the poms. You can even buy a Martha Stewart kit from Michaels.

Oooo, I just love this picture! What an awesome idea...so pretty, yet clean and fresh.

October 21, 2010

A couple of days ago I had the lucky chance to hear Lissa Rankin, M.D. talk about her funny, informative, touching book What's Up Down There? She is a gynocologist, artist, and author whose sweetness and love for women came shining through during her reading and the Q and A that followed. I mean, a group of women sat in a circle talking about anal sex and HPV and NO ONE felt embarrassed or weird...my kind of chat.

Her website is www.owningpink.com, and the staff at her center for women, Owning Pink, in Mill Valley, includes a Life Coach, a Naturopathic Doctor, and a Reiki Master Teacher. Wow!

October 20, 2010

Hello. I have not posted for nearly three weeks. I had hip surgery, and that plus the never ending tummy issues put a kibbosh on the blogging for a while.

Recuperating from surgery is painful, tiresome, slow, and boring. For the first week after the surgery I basically lay around in bed, only getting up to use the bathroom. I did try to go outside a few days after the operation, and that was a big mistake. I felt dizzy and tired and a little...sad, for lack of a better word. During week two I was able to start doing small errands, and suddenly a trip to Walgreens was super, duper exciting.

I got to miss school for two weeks, and while it was hard to plan for it and I was, at first, very nervous about how things were going in the classroom, it ended up being great for my recovery. I stopped thinking about those little challenging people and just enjoyed my gourmet meals of cream of wheat, my Percocet, and my long, long naps.

I did have to do 22 report cards, though. That was a bit of a challenge.

I also managed to shop online. Surprising no one, yep, I shopped while lying in bed, even while unable to get up to pee by myself. Here are some of the things I got:

These boots from zappos.com. They are by Steve Madden, and I can't wait to wear them with tights or rolled up jeans.

Hat (but in black) and tunic from madewell.com. Already wore the tunic...comfy and cute.

Snazzy little scarf from modcloth.com. Can't wait to wear this!

So I didn't go crazy, but really, it was very enjoyable and, dare I say, therapeutic, to receive boxes of goodies while lying around.